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Surging container freight rates and port congestion. Refloating the Dali in Baltimore. Is more consolidation in offshore marine to come? Just some of the topics we’ll be discussing in this episode of Maritime in Minutes.
Seatrade Maritime News’ Marcus Hand and Gary Howard reflect on the month of May in maritime and shipping with the stories that stood out from our coverage.
Hear more about:
Gulf in expected freight rates slows Transpacific negotiation
Alternative fuel newbuilding contracts up 48% in first four months
Boom time for tanker owners as Q1 earnings exceed expectations
Tidewater eyes acquisition opportunities in the Americas
Unmasking the extent of container shipping’s potential overcapacity
Container spot rates surge across major trades
Dali refloated, under tug escort in Baltimore
Shipping concerned over onerous new US cyber-security regulations
MOL targets 80 wind propulsion installations by 2035
Singapore port reactivating mothballed berths to fight congestion
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Two experts on all things maritime in Greece share their market insights and set the scene for Posidonia 2024 on June 3-7.
As Posidonia 2024 draws near, Seatrade Maritime senior correspondent Gary Howard speaks to Elias Kariambas, vice president, business development, Greece at ABS and Theodore Vokos, managing director at Posidonia Events to set the scene for Greece’s biggest international maritime exhibition.
Elias brings his insights into the challenges facing shipowners in Greece across all sectors, and his understanding of their priorities from conversations at ABS’s events and seminars in the country, and meetings with shipowning clients.
Theo brings his own viewpoint on what’s happening in Greece, and how regional and global shipping challenges are reflected in the Posidonia 2024 exhibition and event programme.
Education is a strong theme from both guests as shipping looks to inspire young generations and secure a supply of talent across the wide range of roles the maritime industry relies on both on land and at sea.
Decarbonisation, digitalisation and regulation are woven throughout the conversation, reflecting the importance and interdependence of those topics, the leading role class plays in supporting shipowners in achieving compliance, and Posidonia’s position as a both a place for industry conversations and a marketplace for the technologies and products shipping relies on.
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Mobile harbour cranes are a flexible and essential component of port operations; in this episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast, we explore the history and evolution of the mobile harbour crane and its applications.
The conversation between Sebastian Simon, product manager for port equipment at Liebherr, and Seatrade Maritime correspondent Gary Howard looks at the types of cargo and vessels served by mobile harbour cranes, and how they fit into the wider port equipment ecosystem.
Sebastian speaks about some of the features Liebherr has developed for its mobile harbour cranes to meet changing customer demands such as larger ship sizes, and the role regulation has played in advancing crane technology.
The discussion also looks to the future, with the increasing use of e-drives in mobile harbour cranes and the challenges in developing remote control solutions for mobile cranes compared to their static relatives at the quayside.
Tune in to learn more about mobile harbour cranes, the role they play in ports and what the future holds for the development of the crane technology. 
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Green ammonia is one of the potential fuels for zero carbon shipping, but its toxicity poses a safety challenege for the maritime industry.
In this episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast, host Gary Howard, correspondent for Seatrade Maritime News, speaks with Matt Dunlop, Group Director, Sustainability & Decarbonisation at V.Group.
The conversation covers Matt's work at V.Group and at The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping where he is a secondee working on ammonia regulation.
Matt gives listeners a peek behind the curtains at The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and details the areas in which guidance for the use of ammonia as a marine fuel are being developed, including seafarer training and operational guidelines.
Matt also speaks of the importance of his personal experience as a seafarer in developing guidelines for ammonia, and the practical viewpoint he brings to discussions of processes that will affect work onboard.
Listeners will learn about the collaborative ethos behind the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping and the work being done there to advance decarbonisation, the particular considerations for operating vessels using ammonia as a fuel, and the timelines for publishing the center's guidelines and submitting them to the IMO.
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One of the world’s largest offshore vessel owners Tidewater drove consolidation in the sector towards the end of a lengthy downturn.
“At that time, people weren't as convinced that the industry was ever going to recover, and that's very natural when you go through a long down cycle. And, so, there were a lot of questions as to whether or not the industry would continue on and resurge as it has. I always believed that it would, I wasn't sure exactly when, but I'm pleased that it's come to fruition in that way,” Quintin V. Kneen, President & CEO of Tidewater, tells the Seatrade Maritime Podcast.
In this latest episode we are in conversation with Quintin V. Kneen who joined Tidewater through its merger with GulfMark Offshore in 2018, the first part of that consolidation piece. Following this he led the company through the acquisition of Swire Pacific Offshore and the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) fleet of Solstad.
Talking with Marcus Hand, Editor of Seatrade Maritime News, Quintin takes the listener through the ups and downs of the acquisition process and the business strategy underpinning them.
Quintin discusses future opportunities in an improved market and whether it is yet the right time to take the plunge on newbuildings.
This leads the conversation into decarbonisation and its impact both on Tidewater’s own fleet and new business opportunities such as offshore wind and carbon capture and storage.
Where does Quintin see the offshore vessels sector in the next five to ten years? – Find out by listening to the episode now.

Iran seizes an MSC containership. Is the IMO really too slow? And would you want to work on a ship fuelled with ammonia - just some of the topics we’ll be discussing in this latest episode of Maritime in Minutes.
Seatrade Maritime News’ Marcus Hand and Gary Howard reflect on the month of March in maritime and shipping the stories that stood out from our coverage.
Hear more about:
X-Press Feeders signs green shipping corridor MoU with major European ports
What can we learn from the Baltimore bridge collision?
Maersk resuming Panama Canal transits for US East Coast service
Container line reliability improves as Red Sea rerouting becomes the norm
Industry appeals to UN over MSC Aries seizure
‘IMO is not slow’ Sec-Gen hits back at critics of decarbonisation pace
Carbon emissions rocket as ships reroute from Red Sea to Cape
Ammonia as an alternative fuel gathers pace, safety concerns remain
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